Organisation For The Prohibition Of Chemical Weapons

Russia blocks UN resolution drafted by Japan to extend inquiry investigating Syria chemical attacks

Russia vetoed on Friday a Japanese-drafted UNSC resolution to extend by one month an international inquiry into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria

Chemical weapons used 45 times in Syria since late 2016, alleges OPCW chief

Experts from the world's watchdog tasked with destroying chemical weapons are probing reports that toxic arms have been used 45 times in Syria since late last year, the body's chief said Friday.

UN chief Antonio Guterres 'deeply disturbed' by Syria chemical attack reports

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "deeply disturbed" by reports of a suspected chemical attack on Syria but is not in a position to independently verify it.

UN: 'Unspeakable suffering' for Syria's children

Children in Syria have been tortured, sexually abused and subjected to "indiscriminate" attacks by President Bashar Assad's forces, and recruited for combat and terror operations by the rebels fighting to topple him during the country's nearly 3-year-old conflict, a new United Nations report said.

Western govts lose patience as Syrian chemical handover stalls

Western governments are growing impatient with Syria's failure to follow up promptly on a first small shipment of chemical weapons and fear Damascus will miss a deadline to hand over all toxins by mid-2014.

Syria's chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea -sources

Four days after Albania rejected a US request that it host a weapons decommissioning plant, Western diplomats and an official of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at The Hague told Reuters the OPCW was studying whether it might carry out the work at sea, on a ship or offshore rig.

US sceptical of of Syrian chemical arms declaration: American UN envoy

The United States is reviewing with skepticism the Syrian government's chemical arms declaration, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Tuesday as another official cautioned that intelligence suggested Syria may try to hide some weapons

Five things you need to know about Nobel Peace Prize winner OPCW

Here's all you need to know about the OPCW, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Chemicals weapons watchdog OPCW to win Nobel Peace Prize: NRK media

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which is overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemicals weapon arsenal, it set to win the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Norwegian public broadcaster NRK said

Syria cooperating with chemical weapons destruction: Officials

The head of the Hague-based global chemical weapons watchdog said on Wednesday that Syrian officials had been "quite cooperative" in the early stages of the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal